1998
After being without a bike for a few years, Tim Langley, a software engineer, and Ryan Nelson, a civil engineer, decide to buy new  motorcycles one day on a whim.  Ryan and Tim are next door neighbors in Birmingham, AL, and both just want to ride.  Ryan buys a new 1997 Yamaha YZF600 and Tim buys a new 1998 Suzuki Intruder the same day.  Soon they get hooked up with The Floribama Riders by Greg Calhoun and old friend of Tim's and are encouraged to get the correct safety gear and shed their squidliness before they hurt themselves (luckily).

1999
Tim Langley sells his Suzuki Intruder to get a brand new 2000 Ducati ST4. 

Numerous local and long distance motorcycle rides are led by the Floribama Riders.  Tim Langley and Ryan Nelson ride their first track day at Talladega Gran Prix.  The track day was hosted by the Floribama Riders and organized by Jeff Rozycki.

2000

Tim Langley and Ryan Nelson attend California Superbike School at Motorsports Park outside of Ft. Worth, Texas in June. Soon thereafter two Suzuki GS500's are purchased as race bikes.  


Ryan and Tim both get WERA race licenses by completing the Ed Bargy school at Talladega, along with fellow Floribama Rider Henry Avello. 


George Barber announces plans for the Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham.  Tim Langley and Ryan Nelson attend the public hearings at City Hall along with The Floribama Riders.


Tim Langley and Greg Calhoun purchase 29 acres in Vandiver, Alabama, and with much sweat, effort, and money, start 29 Dreams Motorcycle resort just 8 miles from the site of the Barber Motorsports Park.

2001
The racing begins!  

Tim Langley and Ryan Nelson both go racing on their identical GS500's, accompanied by long time racer and fellow Floribama Riders, Jeff "Jeffro" Rozycki, Stu Vernon, Henry Avello, and Jeff Adams.  Tim decides by the end of the year that racing is not for him.  Ryan learns the hard way by crashing one of the GS's and blowing the engine in the other GS the same day at Roebling Road.

Ryan decides he needs a bike with a rev-limiter and buys a 1989 FZR400.  Ryan races the bike the rest of the year in the WERA Sportsman series.  Joe Morris, another Floribama Rider, joins the racing scene on an SV650. 


Later in the year, Joe Morris, Henry Avello, and Ryan Nelson get their first taste of endurance racing by entering Joe's SV650 at the VIR round. 

2002
29 Dreams enters the racing scene full tilt by sponsoring Joe Morris, Ryan Nelson, and Jeff Rozycki on the 29 Dreams endurance R6, with Scott Padgitt as the unpaid volunteer bordering-on-charity-work crew chief..

The poor R6 made it the entire season of 4 and 6 hour races and a couple of crashes without a mechanical problem.  The team placed 4th in class at the end of the year by shear persistence.  Endurance racing was an amazing experience since there was a ton of logistics to work out getting all the gear and the people to each of the different tracks.  The trio raced at 11 different tracks all around the country over the span of the season.  Ryan's parents, brother, as well as many Floribama Riders members help crew and score and paid there own way.  All three riders had an amazing experience accumulating many hours of race time against some of the nation's faster riders, while trying to run a national endurance series on a tight budget. 

2003

Ryan Nelson raced a 1989 Superbike FZR400 in WERA Regional Sprints, but didn't run enough rounds to get an invitation to the WERA GNF and just got used to racing an FZR400 again.  29 Dreams expands its kitchen and Tim Langley retires from the software business to run 29 Dreams full time purchasing Greg Calhoun's share of 29 Dreams to become the sole owner of 29 Dreams.

2004

Once again under the 29 Dreams banner, Ryan Nelson raced a 1989 Superbike FZR400 in WERA Regional Sprints.  He finally won the WERA D Superbike Novice National Championship!!!  Wooo-hooo!  Ryan gets married to "Ms. Sunshine" Andrea!  29 Dreams keeps expanding and is becoming a premier motorcycle destination.

2005


Ryan Nelson raced a 1989  FZR400 in WERA Regional Sprints.
He raced in Vintage 6 Lightweight, Formula 2, and D Superbike Expert.
See the 2005 Race Reports portion of the website.
Won WERA's D Superbike Expert SouthEast and MidCentral Regional Championships

2006
Ryan Nelson raced a 1989  FZR400 in WERA Regional Sprints.
He raced in Vintage 6 Lightweight and D Superbike Expert.
See the 2006 Race Reports portion of the website.
Won WERA's D Superbike Expert SouthEast and MidCentral Regional Championships

2007
Ryan Nelson will be racing a 1989  FZR400 Superbike again WERA Regional Sprints.